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NAME

6       split - split a file into pieces
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SYNOPSIS

9       split [OPTION]... [INPUT [PREFIX]]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Output  fixed-size  pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default
13       size is 1000 lines, and default PREFIX is `x'.  With no INPUT, or  when
14       INPUT is -, read standard input.
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16       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
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19       -a, --suffix-length=N
20              use suffixes of length N (default 2)
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22       -b, --bytes=SIZE
23              put SIZE bytes per output file
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25       -C, --line-bytes=SIZE
26              put at most SIZE bytes of lines per output file
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28       -d, --numeric-suffixes
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31       -l, --lines=NUMBER
32              put NUMBER lines per output file
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34       --verbose
35              print a diagnostic just before each output file is opened
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37       --help display this help and exit
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39       --version
40              output version information and exit
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42       SIZE may be (or may be an integer optionally followed by) one  of  fol‐
43       lowing: KB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, and so on for G, T,
44       P, E, Z, Y.
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AUTHOR

47       Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
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REPORTING BUGS

50       Report split bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
51       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
52       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
53       Report split translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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56       Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
57       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
58       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
59       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

62       The full documentation for split is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
63       the  info  and  split programs are properly installed at your site, the
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66              info coreutils 'split invocation'
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